Music

A major and a minor are offered in Music.

Student ensembles at Franklin Pierce include the Choral Union, the annual Messiah Festival and Lachrimae, which focus on music of the Renaissance and Middle Ages.

The Music Department encourages every member of the Franklin Pierce community to get involved in music. Our program welcomes students looking for a major, a minor or just someplace to play or sing. We offer a wide array of opportunities for instrumental and vocal study, performance, music theory, history and music technology. All of our ensembles perform at Franklin Pierce, throughout the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire and beyond.

A new concentration is offered in Music Technology.
Learn more and read about new courses.

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View the College at Rindge academic catalog for specific degree requirements and course information.

Contact

Franklin Pierce University
College at Rindge 
1.800.437.0048
admissions@franklinpierce.edu

FACULTY

David Brandes
Professor of Music
B. Mus., New England Conservatory
M.Mus., Boston University
branded@franklinpierce.edu 

Associate Professor 

Paul Scharfenberger
Associate Professor of Music
B.Mus., University of Lowell
M.A., Keene State College
scharfpe@franklinpierce.edu

Assistant Professor

Lou Bunk
Assistant Professor of Music/Music Technology
B.A., Central Connecticut State University
M.A., Washington University
Ph.D., Brandeis University
bunkl@franklinpierce.edu

Lecturers

Larissa Blitz
Lecturer, Music
M.M., Manhattan School of Music
blitzl@franklinpierce.edu

Vic Hyman
Lecturer, Music
B.A., Franklin Pierce University
hymanv@franklinpierce.edu

Robert Johnson
Lecturer, English
Artist's Diploma, Boston Conservatory
johnsonr@franklinpierce.edu

Kim LaPointe
Lecturer, Music
B.Mus., Ithaca College
M.M., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
lapointeka@franklinpierce.edu

Denise Nolan
Lecturer of Music
B.Mus., Keene State College
B.S., Franklin Pierce University
M.M., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
noland@franklinpierce.edu

Floyd Oster
Lecturer of Music
A.A., Keene State College
osterf@franklinpierce.edu

Richard Page
Lecturer, Music
B.A., Westfield State College
pagerl@franklinpierce.edu

Douglas Perkins
Lecturer of Music
B.M., University of Cincinnati
College Conservatory of Music
M.M., A.D., Yale University
perkinsd@franklinpierce.edu

Scott Sanchez
Lecturer, Music
B.Mus., University of Denver
M.Mus., Yale University
sanchezs@franklinpierce.edu

Cornelia Schwartz
Lecturer, Music
B.M., M.M., The Juilliard School
schwartz.c@franklinpierce.edu

Jim Sharrock
Lecturer, Music
B.A., M.A., Louisiana State University
sharrockj@franklinpierce.edu

Frank Wallace
Lecturer, Music
B.Mus., San Francisco Conservatory
wallacef@franklinpierce.edu

Dorothy Yanish
Lecturer, Music
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.Mus., Catholic University of America School of Music
yanishd@franklinpierce.edu